Francis Locke Jr.

Francis Locke Jr. (31 October 1776-8 January 1823) was a US Senator from North Carolina from December 1814 to 5 December 1815, succeeding David Stone and preceding Nathaniel Mason. He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Francis Locke Jr. was born in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1776, and he served as a judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina from 1803 to 1814. In 1814, he was appointed to finish David Stone's US Senate term, only to himself resign in 1815. He died in 1823.